[cctalk] Re: Ward Christensen (BBS, XMODEM) has died

Your book should probably have a chapter on the age of BBS's With thorough mention of Ward Christensen -- Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com On Sun, 13 Oct 2024, Murray McCullough via cctalk wrote: > I'm afraid time abides no one! It seems that the greats were of an earlier > time, no pun intended, but they were pioneers who made technology work for > them.Happy computing. Murray 🙂 > > On Sun, Oct 13, 2024 at 9:05 PM Fred Cisin via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> > wrote: > >> 1945 - 2024 >> >> Found dead 10/11/24 in a "wellness check". >> >> Little or no other information yet. >> >> Ward Christensen created the first "BBS". >> Then, when he needed to transfer files, he created XMODEM. The XMODEM >> protocols became the de facto standard for transferring files. >> Later, there was some competition from Kermit, but, other than being "FROM >> A >> UNIVERSITY!", it wasn't nearly as good. >> >> >> Not only are all of the greats dying off, but soon there won't be anybody >> around who even knew about them. >> >> -- >> Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com